Girls’ Basketball

NORWICH – While the weather outside dipped below zero Friday night, Norwich’s offense reached the lower 90s inside Jack Jones Gymnasium.
The Tornado scored their highest point total in at least 20 seasons as everyone on the roster found the scoring column in a 92-28 blowout of a young Chenango Forks club.
Down 4-2 to the Blue Devils less than 90 seconds in, the Purple Tornado’s relentless full-court pressure forced 10 Forks turnovers in the first quarter. Norwich went on a 16-0 run over a four-minute stretch of the first quarter to quickly pull away. That spurt was complemented by a 9-0 spurt in the second quarter and a 14-0 salvo in the third.
Jennifer Borfitz scored 19 points in the victory, reserve Caitlyn Brown hit four three-pointers on her way a career-high 14 points, Carin Kuhn netted 12, and Breanna Cashman had 10. The Norwich bench totaled 43 points to easily outdistance the Blue Devils’ collective output.
“We did a great job of finding the open man and knocking down shots,” said Norwich coach Josh Bennett after the win. “We also did a much better job with receiving passes.”
Norwich’s junior varsity set the tone for prolific night of offense reaching 50 points by halftime in a 75-21 whitewashing. Bridget Murphy scored 21 points in the win, Gabby Mirabito had 12, and Macalyn Bonner 10.
Chenango Forks: Taylor Gibbore, 2 0-0-6; Sara Clark, 0; Alex Yoest, 5 1-2-11; Haley Benscoter, 0; Alyssa Bubniak, 0; Lyndsey Stone, 3 0-0-7; Tara Grospin, 0; Kayla Williams, 0; Hanna Layton, 0; Alaijah Cheeseman, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 12 1-2-28.
Norwich: Carin Kuhn, 6 0-0-12; Caitlyn Brown, 5 0-0-14; Breanna Cashman, 5 0-1-10; Alexis Race, 3 0-0-6; Jennifer Borfitz, 5 6-7-19; Kassidy Seary, 3 0-0-6; Makenzie Maynard, 3 3-3-9; Meghan Komendarek, 0 2-2-2; Ashley Murphy, 1 0-0-2; Savannah Williams, 1 1-2-4; Shelby Benjamin, 3 0-0-6; Courtney Scheer, 0 2-4-2. Totals: 35 14-19-92.
CFks 10 4 7 7–28
Nor. 25 19 30 18–92
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (CF) Stone, Gibbore 2. (N) Brown 4, Borfitz 3, Williams. JV: Norwich won 75-21. Officials: Greene, Haynes.

Chenango Valley 39, Bainbridge-Guilford 27
FENTON – Chenango Valley led by 11 at halftime, and stretched the lead to nearly 20 points in the second half in a win over Bainbridge-Guilford.
Hannah Elliott scored 15 points for the Warriors.
B-G’s Morgan Bullis had 10 points, and Abbey Smith scored nine.”Defensively, we held our own, but we are struggling to put the ball in the bucket,” said B-G coach Bob Conway. “We’re getting shots, and I hope we can turn it around.”
B-G: Megan Ferrara, 0; Abbey Smith, 3 3-6-9; Marissa Thornton, 0; Morgan Bullis, 5 0-3-10; Taylor Palmatier, 2 0-0-4; Becca Reyes, 1 0-0-2; Cadi Barber, 0; Betsy Holden, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 12 3-9-27 .
CV: Maggie Gross, 1 0-0-2; Maddie Staiger, ; Dani Forbidussi, 2 0-2-4; Jennifer Kipp, 3 0-0-6; Olivia Trumino, 0; Emily Hammond, 1 0-0-2; Chelsea Henige, 0 2-6-2; Hannah Elliott, 6 3-5-15; Ashleigh Weir, 4 0-1-8. Totals: 17 5-15-35
BG 6 6 4 11–27
CV 14 9 10 6–39
Three-pointers: None.

Boys’ Basketball

Norwich 64, Chenango Valley 40
NORWICH – Norwich held Chenango Valley without a field goal in the first quarter, and doubled its halftime lead in the third quarter to pull away for its seventh straight win of the season Saturday.
The Warriors overcame a slow start stay within 11 at halftime, 34-23. The Norwich lead grew quickly, however, thanks to a full-court press that forced four CV turnovers in the first two minutes of the second half. Mike Sutton had two layups off turnovers, and Zan Stewart added a layup. Six Norwich players scored in a third quarter that left Norwich with a 53-31 advantage with eight minutes to play.
“January is the time when we will tell where we are going as a team,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “We’ve started well, but now we are getting into the strength of our schedule, and will have many tough games coming up.”
Norwich suffered some early foul trouble, but didn’t miss a beat. Jamison Luke came off the bench for five rebounds and three blocked shots, and Colin Stewart had nine points in a reserve role. Sutton led all Norwich players with 18 points and Zan Stewart added 10.
“Jamo and Colin showed the strength of our team,” Collier said. “When we have a starter or two out, we don’t miss a beat teamwise. “Matt Burke also shot the ball better tonight for us, and we shot better as a team.”
Norwich plays at once-beaten Owego on Tuesday.
JV: Norwich’s junior varsity team won back-to-back games Friday and Saturday beating Greene on Friday, 71-36, and CV on Saturday, 55-43. Jordan Vinal had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocked shots in the win over Greene. Chris Jeffrey, Jake Walsh, and Dashawn King all scored 10. Vinal had 12 points and eight rebounds against the Warriors. Cameron Edwards scored 11 points and dished out six assists, and Jeffrey had 10 points.
CV: David Trudeaux, 0 2-4-2; Matt Personius, 0 3-4-3; Bryan Box, 1 3-4-6; Gavin Ashman, 1 0-0-2; Harold Jones, 0; Mike O’Neil, 0; Shane Collar, 0 3-7-3; Jake Hertzog, 1 2-2-4; Mark Mullins, 2 1-2-6; Kolby Ross, 1 2-2-4; Kasey Edwards, 0 1-2-1; Brian Ball, 4 1-4-9. Totals: 10 18-31-40
Norwich: Brendon Budd, 0; Mike Oralls, 3 1-3-7; Mike Sutton, 6 6-9-18; Chris Trevisani, 0 0-1-0; Carlos Ithier, 3 0-0-8; Colin Stewart, 2 5-9-9; Zan Stewart, 4 1-2-10; Matt Craig, 0; Matt Burke, 3 0-0-7; Storm Cook, 1 0-0-2. Mike D’Abbraccio, 0; Jamison Luke, 1 1-3-3. Totals: 23 14-24-64.
Score by quarters
CV 6 14 11 9—40
NHS 13 21 19 11—64
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (CV) Box, Mullins. (N) Ithier 2, Burke, Z. Stewart. JV: Norwich won 55-43. Officials: J. Bennett, R. Fletcher.

Chenango Forks 53, Oxford 21
OXFORD – Chenango Forks’ Trevor Borchardt was 9-for-10 from the field finishing with 19 points in a non-league victory over Oxford Saturday.
Jake Stone had 12 of his 14 points in the second half as the Blue Devils pulled away from the cold-shooting Blackhawks.
Matt Moore scored 16 points for Oxford, who shot just 19 percent from the field.
CFks: Jamel Platt, 1 0-2-2; Rob Story, 1 0-0-2; Chad Raychel, 0 0-2-0; Dan Gridley, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Ziegenfus, 6 0-0-12; Jake Stone, 7 0-0-14; Tevor Borchardt, 9 1-2-19; L.J Watson, 1 0-1-2. Totals: 26 1-7-23
Oxford: Matt Moore, 6 1-6-16; Cameron Heggie, 1 0-0-2; Jeff Lawton, 0; Adam Camiel, 0; Kevin Davis, 1 1-5-3; Lane Barry, 0; Greg Brewer, 0. Totals: 8 2-11-21
CFks7 14 14 18—53
Oxfd 5 9 5 2-21
Three-point goals: (O) Moore 3, Officials: Dadamio, Jester.

Wrestling

Norwich third at Leo J. Sammon Tournament
ILION – In a matchup of perennial sectional champions, Norwich’s Tristan Rifanburg defeated Section III’s Laken Cook to help Norwich to a third-place finish at the Leo J. Sammon Tournament.
Rifanburg (138), unbeaten on the season, topped Cook of Central Valley Academy, 8-4. It was Cook’s first regular-season loss in two years and second finals loss to Rifanburg in this tournament.
“Those two have wrestled a bunch when they were younger,” said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch of Rifanburg’s matchup with Cook. “It was a good test (for Tristan) against a veteran who has been to states numerous times.”
Cook had two takedowns in the first period that were countered by a pair of Rifanburg escapes. From there, it was all Rifanburg, Hagenbuch said. “Tristan was going after him, and he was not content with an 8-4 decision,” Hagenbuch said.
Junior Frankie Garcia (152) also remained perfect this season rolling through his weight class. He pinned Gavin Goldsmith of CVA in 2:14 for the championship. Adding his first tournament title as a Norwich wrestler was Brad Chesebro, who won the 220-pound division with a third-period pin of South Lewis’ Thomas Randall.
Ty Rifanburg (99) placed second, while Dalen Geislinger (106) and Cole Rifanburg (120) added thirds.
Central Valley Academy (a merging of Ilion and Mohawk) easily won the team title with 283.5 points, Indian River polled 175 for second, Norwich racked up 164.5 points.
Norwich hosts Windsor Tuesday.